There's never a cop around when you need one...

[crash harry]

Except this time there was!

OK, start from the beginning. Yesterday morning on the way to work, I'm riding down Ti Rakau Drive past the end of Gossamer Drive (in East Tamaki) and this 4x4 pulls out from the end of Gossamer in front of me. I'm hard on the brakes to avoid hitting it.

Now I was in the right-hand lane, and the left-hand lane was clear, so he/she/it had to pull accross a clear lane in order to cut me off (bearing in mind that I had right-of-way anyway).

Anyhow, I look up, and sitting there on the side of the road, watching the whole thing, is one of Auckland's finest! (not just any cop, but a bike cop) So he gives me a wave and a nod, hauls out onto the road, and pulls the 4x4 over!
I can imagine the conversation on the side of the road...

4x4er: "Sorry Officer, I didn't see him..."

Cop: OMGWTF IT WAS THE BRIGHTEST GREEN THING I HAVE EVER SEEN ARE YOU BLIND???!!?!?

Anyway, it made me feel better... It will probably NEVER happen to me again so I thought I'd share it while I'm still stoked...

[bugjuice]

lol.. nice.. sometimes it's nice to have things click like that. Hopefully the 4x4 driver will learn from this, and that's one less hazard to deal with. One down a squillion to go..

[Pixie]

Nice
I wonder if it was the KB member cop?

[Sniper]

Nice one

[yungatart]

Makes you feel warm and fuzzy dunnnit?

[pyrocam]

awesome, that would really make my week.



remember kids to always wave to our good boys in blue. unless you carrying a brick of pot then maybe keep a low profile.

[vifferman]

But don't you just want to stop, and give the miscreant a piece of your mind, taunt them, or otherwise let them know that you're pleased they got busted?

[skidz]

It's not often you get a cop in the right place at the right time.

[Sniper]

Could you post up a pic of how Green your bike is.

[Youngjim]

The same guy was also in Gossamer Drive near Elm Park school, with a lazer gun, catching people coming down the hill towards the Pakuranga Highway.
Always seems to be a bit unfair that position as you would need your brakes on all the way down the hill and they get you as you come around the bend at the bottom.
Didn't think the bikey cops carried lazer guns as they seem a bit bulky to use with a bike, must take up all the storage space.

[Kornholio]

They do have their uses after all.....

[outlawtorn]

But don't you just want to stop, and give the miscreant a piece of your mind, taunt them, or otherwise let them know that you're pleased they got busted?

yip, thats what I'd do, pull over with the 4x4 and laugh at driver while he's getting a drilling!!!

[WRT]

The same guy was also in Gossamer Drive near Elm Park school, with a lazer gun, catching people coming down the hill towards the Pakuranga Highway.
Always seems to be a bit unfair that position as you would need your brakes on all the way down the hill and they get you as you come around the bend at the bottom.
Didn't think the bikey cops carried lazer guns as they seem a bit bulky to use with a bike, must take up all the storage space.

There's quite often one on Symonds St by the K'rd / Grafton Bridge intersection, stood there with his laser "pinging" people coming down the hill. Has the bike parked back down by the Langham Hotel, making him pretty hard to spot in amoungst the crowds on the foot path. He was there again yesterday round lunchtime.

[tracyprier]

There's quite often one on Symonds St by the K'rd / Grafton Bridge intersection, stood there with his laser "pinging" people coming down the hill. Has the bike parked back down by the Langham Hotel, making him pretty hard to spot in amoungst the crowds on the foot path. He was there again yesterday round lunchtime.

Hell there was 2 of 'em there yesterday lunch!

[Da Bird]

Except this time there was!

OK, start from the beginning. Yesterday morning on the way to work, I'm riding down Ti Rakau Drive past the end of Gossamer Drive (in East Tamaki) and this 4x4 pulls out from the end of Gossamer in front of me. I'm hard on the brakes to avoid hitting it.

Now I was in the right-hand lane, and the left-hand lane was clear, so he/she/it had to pull accross a clear lane in order to cut me off (bearing in mind that I had right-of-way anyway).

Anyhow, I look up, and sitting there on the side of the road, watching the whole thing, is one of Auckland's finest! (not just any cop, but a bike cop) So he gives me a wave and a nod, hauls out onto the road, and pulls the 4x4 over!


I can imagine the conversation on the side of the road...

4x4er: "Sorry Officer, I didn't see him..."


Cop: OMGWTF IT WAS THE BRIGHTEST GREEN THING I HAVE EVER SEEN ARE YOU BLIND???!!?!?

Anyway, it made me feel better... It will probably NEVER happen to me again so I thought I'd share it while I'm still stoked...

Hey Crash Harry!

Yip, it was me sitting there watching you about to go splat. Thought I was about to start scraping you off the road when I saw that 4x4 pull out in front of you.

All I can say is "good braking skills!".

And you are right, he didn't see you. Didn't even have a clue what I was talking about when I told him he had just about taken out a motorcyclist. He said something like "Yes, I probably should have give way to that car". I was like, WTF, there were no cars around.

Anyway, he got a $150.00 ticket for his trouble and glad you were still upright at the end of it.

BC.